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Studying for any standardized test can be stressful, especially when English is your second language. Sometimes that stress can drive you to try the most unusual strategies for acing the test, and it can even tempt you towards unethical approaches to beating the test. But trust me, there’s only one way to “beat” the test,…

The eighth in a series looking at U.S. life and culture through its idioms. View previous entries. Dang it = Exclamation to express frustration or anger, a more polite version of “damn it” Applying to graduate school is a long and complex process that begins well before you actually send in an application. While some of…

In the few days before 2012 ends and 2013 begins, we’ll be looking back at some of our top posts from the past year, starting with number five and counting down to number one. If you missed these articles the first time around, now’s your time to see why we’ve found these particular pieces so…

This guest post comes from Yun Ye, who is not only interning at VOA this semester, but also applying to graduate school. She recently attended an information session for her top choice school, and came back with a new perspective on the role of the GRE in admissions. More and more Chinese students are attending…

A Serbian student applying to graduate school in the U.S. asked the following question regarding how the different quantitative components of an application would be evaluated: My current GPA is 7.5, and I am in the group of 50% better ones. So, my question is, does that automatically mean that I will be disqualified in…

If you’re planning to apply to graduate school in the next year, you’re probably thinking about taking the GRE – the “Graduate Record Examination,” which is required for admission to many graduate programs. You’ve probably also heard (possibly with some trepidation), that the GRE is making some changes to its test format and scoring, starting…

“If anything is certain, it is that change is certain.” -Philip Crosby The Unexpected Gets a Vote Three years ago I got a brief taste of what my life would become today. It all started with a new year’s resolution: to make all of my work count for something by seeing it through to the…

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